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Originally Posted by dbell
I personally liked way it was back in the day when there was 1 on 1 on 1. more scoring, less denence. I'd like to see that again.
but 4v4....
Has some Drawbacks:
1..need a bigger field, (or smaller robots) which would not be possible for some regionals
2..It would be harder to space out the rounds so that teams don't have 2 rounds in a row
But it would be interesting.
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well obviously some regionals can't handle, there has been a few regionals that in the past few years have had consistantly less teams then needed, so they wouldn't do it anytime soon. They would do it once regioanls became so over loaded that teams only have a few qualifiers.
And I don't think it would be hard to space out rounds,if you have enough teams to switch to 4v4 then you should be fine. I know teams have to repair robots between matches, but IMHO FIRST doesn't care if you have to repair your robot or not. That is the whole engineeering aspect of the game. I know catastrophes do happen, so somethings are unavoidable.
Also I think they would automatically have a bigger field. I think they made the field wider from 04-05. My only concern with a bigger field would be the cost of it for a regional, yes there are more teams going but then that means, more space etc that you need to spend money on.
-John